CANADIAN FOREST TREES 



BROAD-LEAVED TREES 

 THE MAPLES 



The maple leaf is the symbol of Canada and the 

 tree is well known. There are nine species of maple 

 in Canada but they can all be distinguished from 

 other species of trees by the shape of the leaf, which 

 has three to five, pointed lobes. In Ontario and 



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eastward the three chief species are the' hard or 

 sugar maple, the soft or red maple, and the silver or 

 white maple. The leaf of the hard maple has five 

 lobes and the edge of the leaf is entire, that is, it is 

 not broken up into fine teeth. In the leaf of the red 



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